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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace & FreeSpace Open Support => Topic started by: NJSP 3002 on August 10, 2009, 06:48:32 pm

Title: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 10, 2009, 06:48:32 pm: alright all i want to know is how to download silent threat reborn in a simple way but when i go to download the open installer it just dont pop up and say download so can someone just put some simple directions up thank you.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: Mongoose on August 10, 2009, 06:51:10 pm: Go here (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,59120.0.html) and follow the manual installation instructions in the first post. And by all means, do not use Turey's installer, as it has a nasty habit of corrupting several necessary .vp files.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 10, 2009, 06:54:37 pm: no see i saw that but it just wants me to download other crap but i want is the game wher the file that they make for you and where the install it just dont say download silent threat reborn here
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: The E on August 10, 2009, 06:54:46 pm: 1. Welcome.
2. This is GenDisc. This is a question better asked on the support board (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,151.0.html), or in the FreeSpace Conversion (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,39.0.html) board.
3. This (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,47640.0.html) will tell you how to correctly install FreeSpace Open.
4. This (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,58357.0.html) will tell you how to install the FSPort.
5. This (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,59120.0.html) will tell you how to install ST:R.

Follow these steps in exactly that order, and you will be fine. Skip one, and enjoy the ensuing problems.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 17, 2009, 07:23:46 pm: hey the E you know the three steps you gave me to install well... what do i install them to whats the file called so i can put it into freespace 2?

by the way if you didnt know i didnt download anything yet from this site and im confused because you have to do some much crap just to play one mod
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: General Battuta on August 17, 2009, 07:38:47 pm: Just use Turey's Installer. It's fixed up. Click 'FreeSpace Open Installer' up at the top.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: The E on August 17, 2009, 08:30:11 pm: Quote from: NJSP 3002 on August 17, 2009, 07:23:46 pm
hey the E you know the three steps you gave me to install well... what do i install them to whats the file called so i can put it into freespace 2?

I'm sorry, but I did not understand that request.
If you have retail FS2 installed, download the installer (http://www.fsoinstaller.com/), run it, and let it install ST:R and the FSPort for you. Note that you absolutely NEED the FSPort to play ST:R. I would also recommend getting the fsport mediavps while you're at it.

Quote from: NJSP 3002 on August 17, 2009, 07:30:18 pm
by the way if you didnt know i didnt download anything yet from this site and im confused because you have to do some much crap just to play one mod

I am very sorry to hear that. But ST:R isn't "one mod". It's a campaign for a mod (the FSPort), packaged as a mod because it introduces a few new weapons. So, in order to play it, you need:
1) Retail FS2
2) The FSport
and optionally
3) The mediavps
4) The FSPort mediavps.

2, 3 and 4 can be installed by using the installer, or by following the manual instructions I linked to earlier.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 17, 2009, 10:32:36 pm: ok but when i install this the open installer and the rest of the steps you gave me the E but where do i put them do i drag them to freespace 2 game in my folder or what im not that smart with this computer crap my bad at least make simple and quick enough so i can understand i hate typing what im talking about.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: General Battuta on August 17, 2009, 10:33:19 pm: You shouldn't need to 'put' them anywhere. They install to your Freespace 2 directory, no? Already where they need to be.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 17, 2009, 10:35:30 pm: OK all i need to do is install these things and just play is that it

so if i want to install freespace open installer all i got to do is download it then just play the game is that it!!!?
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: General Battuta on August 17, 2009, 10:58:19 pm: :wtf:

No. Run the installer, then run the Launcher, select the appropriate executable, enable the features you want in the launcher.

Then hit 'apply' and 'run'.

Use the 'mod' tab to select mods like ST:R.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 18, 2009, 08:28:48 am: so yea i downloaded it and follow the instructions now when i play it all it does it flashes really bad whats the problem
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: General Battuta on August 18, 2009, 08:32:05 am: You're going to need to post screenshots.

Run a debug build, get the fs2open log from your /FreeSpace2/data/ directory, and post it up here as well.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 18, 2009, 08:58:13 am: whT DO YOU MEAN RUN A DEBUG BUILD
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 18, 2009, 09:01:52 am: That.d be a yes, please don't e-shout.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 18, 2009, 09:03:24 am: thanks but how do i run a debug build and sorry didnt see that i had cap locks on my bad
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: General Battuta on August 18, 2009, 09:38:45 am: Select a build ending in -d or -debug in the launcher. Preferably 3.6.10 debug.
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: NJSP 3002 on August 18, 2009, 09:44:56 am: ok did that it still dont work it still shows the same problem. i can play the game but this crap comes on the screen
Title: Re: Help!
Post by: General Battuta on August 18, 2009, 09:46:20 am: Now go into FreeSpace 2/data/, get the fs2open log, and post it here.